Educational Easter Egg Hunt Matching Game

A Fun Engaging Way to Teach Bits of Information During Easter

Mar 30, 2009

Make a game out of the Easter egg hunt that involves more than just the hunt. Stick questions, answers, and pictures in Easter eggs and have kids match them up.

Start out by making a list of questions and answers on a piece of paper. Choose a theme for a more cohesive approach. You can choose a traditional bible theme, for instance. Choose a few good acts by the disciples and have the disciples themselves be the answers.

Put one question in one egg, and an answer in another and have the kids match them up. You can also choose a non-traditional theme. Match state capitals to states. Print out miniature country flags and match them to the country names. Type out the titles of favorite books and match the authors. The content of the eggs can be whatever you want your kids to learn.

Color code the eggs for question difficulty. You can make blue the most points, green the least, for instance, and have each egg valued higher. This would be better for older kids to give them an incentive to participate. The drive to get the most points can get person rights to choose their prize first, or get the most highly valued prize.

Create teams based on age. Cordon off an area for toddlers, one for early elementary, late elementary, tweens, and teens. The toddlers' eggs can hold simple shapes that you can have them identify when its time to open their eggs. They each should get a prize, regardless of how many eggs they gather and how many shapes, colors, animals etc. they identify.

For the elementary students, think of some fun and appropriate questions. Ask them about past presidents, the answer to simple math problems, or the hemispheres and what season it would be in the opposite hemisphere from where they are.

For tweens and teens give them literature and science based questions. Ask them about current events, the state of the market, current heads of state, politics, global warming, and other important issues. Jump on any chance to make learning fun.

Prizes for the Educational Easter Egg Hunt

Before the big day, set some time aside to buy some eggs big enough to hold a gift certificate. By skipping on all the candy and printing out questions and pictures, you can use that money to buy things the kids might enjoy better. Buy an array of gift certificates from popular stores, or even just get some popular credit card gift certificates for the teens and maybe the tweens. You can also just put a few bucks in each egg, lose change, or even a hug on paper for the younger children.

If your family enjoys this activity the memory will linger long enough to create a wonderful family tradition. Easter egg hunting can be as traditional or nontraditional as you would like it to be. You don't have to be a Christian to enjoy this seasonal event. The goal is to have fun and learn.

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